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The students of British prestigious schools use the Soviet textbooks written by physicist Lev Landau, mathematician Andrey Kolmogorov and other Russian scientists. Former British Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening confirmed this in her interview for BBC and called Soviet books “the most genious”, Novye Izvestia informs.
The use of Soviet books in the school programs of...

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Russian Emigre film festival started accepting applications, the website of Russkiy Put cinema club informs. The 13th Festival will take place in autumn of 2019.
Organizers note that festival will select the movies dedicated to the history of World War I, October revolution, Civil...

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Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak and Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations Anatoly Torkunov discussed the issues of the development of relations in educational sphere between Moscow and Bratislava during the meeting in Slovak capital, TASS informs. Both parties reached the agreement that bilateral interaction in education...

DAU feature by Ilya Khrzhanovsky dedicated to Nobel-prize winning Soviet physicist Lev Landau, to be premiered in France on January, 24. The film showcase to be accompanied by Soviet life-style installations. French press call the epic biopic the most intriguing project of this film season, L'Observateur Russe reported.
The film is based on the...

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Famous Russian composer Vladimir Dashkevich celebrated 85th anniversary, TV Channel Kultura reports. Dashkevich is known as a film composer who wrote music for famous Soviet features such a Sherlock Holmes, Heart of a Dog, Winter Cherry, et cetera.
Apart of film...

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The Commemorative Week dedicated to the anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz starts on January 21, TASS informs. On this day, Soviet soldiers liberated the concentration camp, where fascists killed more than 2 million people.
Many events will take place to...

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Almost 2.5 million Orthodox believers participated in Epiphany celebrations, RIA Novosti informs. About 9500 different events took place in honor of one of the main oldest Christian holidays along with Easter.
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Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein celebrates its 95th anniversary, Slovodel website informs. This movie became the starting point of people’s new perception and attitude to cinematography.
The filming took only 4 month. For the past century,...

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The presentation of the new Learn Russian in English School training manual will be held in London office of Rossotrudnichestvo on January 21, the authority’s website informs. The manual was published as part of the Journey Around the Schools of the World series with assistance from Russkiy Mir...

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The first large exhibition of paintings by Russian artists started its work in Macau (China), Russian Art Gallery reported on Facebook. Tretyakov Gallery introduced the masterpieces of pictorial art to local audience. This exposition became the first attempt of collaboration between Macao...

43d Circus Art festival started in Monte Carlo, Rosgoscirk website reported. This contest is one of the most important ones and non-officially called the Circus Oscars. Best circus performers compete for the prizes.
The contest is conducted under patronage...

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Famous Serbian filmmaker and musician Emir Kusturica highly values an opportunity to tell Russian President about his cultural activities. According to filmmaker, it aims to strengthen relations between the two countries, Zvezda TV channel reports.
He added...

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Hermitage Museum will participate in the exhibition in Louvre Museum in Paris, The Art Newspaper Russia informs. It includes the items collected by Giovanni Pietro Campana, who was the most famous art collectors of 19th century. He was fond of antique sculptures and collected ancient Greek marble, bronze...

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The Mudanjiang University (China) strives to enhance the cooperation in educational sphere with the universities of Vladivostok, IA VladNews informs. This issue became the focus of attention during the meeting with Chinese delegation in Vladivostok City Administration.
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The poetry novel based on Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin by French writer Clementine Beauvais is published in Russian, Lenta.ru informs. This book has already become a bestseller in France and received several prestigious...

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The major cultural event of the Year of the Theater - The Theater Marathon, will start in Vladivostok on January 18, Ministry of Culture website reports.
The Sleeping Beauty ballet by P. Tchaikovsky to be premiered during the opening ceremony evening at the...

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On January 17, the first meeting of the working group of the Russian Historical Society (RHS) took place under the chairmanship of Sergey Naryshkin. It was dedicated to arrangements for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Eastern Europe from fascism.

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A large-scale educational event Total Dictation is going to take place on April 13, 2019. Hundreds of thousands of people in Russia and abroad are going to test their literacy. Not everyone knows that Total Dictation has a "younger brother" - the TruD test. It was created specifically for those who study Russian as a foreign language, bilingual children, their parents and all those who are not yet fluent in Russian. Olga Rebkovets, the head of Total Dictation project, told us about the test and its first results.

Century-old anniversary of writer, publisher, public figure Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was celebrated across the word on December 11. Well-known French translator Anne Coldefy-Faucard with Russian roots dedicated more than 30 years to translation of his novel The Red Wheel. Today she hopes that readers interest in the writer and his novel is to return yet.

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